Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say. Here’s how it unfolded.
The Trump administration presented the plan Thursday, according to sources. Meanwhile, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought ...
The national accounts are full of cons and tricks – no wonder investors see us as a joke
This column often focusses on the UK’s national accounts – with good reason. Britain’s public finances are in a parlous state ...
Statistical skulduggery is turning Britain into a joke
This column often focuses on the UK’s national accounts – with good reason. Britain’s public finances are in a parlous state, ...
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As USAID Faces Shutdown, Links to Terrorists and Warnings Ignored May Have Sealed its Doom
USAID's links to terror groups including Hamas -- and a failure to heed warnings about these links -- may have sealed its ...
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Mission to nowhere? How Kenya-led Haiti peacekeeping was jinxed from the start
A January 5, 2025 decree that the United States had frozen further funding to the Kenya-led Haiti peacekeeping mission did ...
Judge leaves intact a ban on DOGE access to Treasury records pending a hearing Friday
A federal judge has left intact a ban that prevents Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury ...
Judge set to rule on Justice Department’s demands that Musk resume access to Treasury records
A federal judge is likely to quickly decide whether to let Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency resume accessing ...
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Judge blocks Trump from placing 2,200 USAID workers on leave
A federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary block on plans by the Trump administration to put 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave. U.S. District Judge Carl ...
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Federal judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury Department payment systems
A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked political ... press secretary Harrison Fields said in a statement sent to NBC News. The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to ...
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Judge resigns after saying he can't be on a jury since he thinks all defendants are guilty
An upstate New York judge has resigned after he got out of jury duty by claiming that he couldn't be impartial — because he thought everyone brought before a court is guilty. Richard T.
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Federal judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing Treasury records after Democratic AGs file lawsuit
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's government efficiency team has been temporarily blocked from accessing certain government systems, according to a federal judge's ruling ... Reuters and Fox News Digital's ...
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Judge won’t block DOGE from accessing Labor Department systems
A federal judge Friday evening refused to block the Labor Department from giving Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to confidential systems or power to fire employees ...